Maik Kuivenhoven dumps out Luke Littler as Chisnall, Bunting and Van Gerwen reach quarters of Players Championship 21

Maik Kuivenhoven advanced to the quarterfinals of Players Championship 21 at the expense of Luke Littler. Among others, Michael van Gerwen, Dave Chisnall and Stephen Bunting have also made it to the last sixteen.

Kuivenhoven benefited in the early stages from a sloppy Littler, who missed the necessary darts on the doubles. The Dutchman handled his chances much better and took a 4-1 lead with a 13-darter and a 65 finish, among other things. Littler then reduced the deficit to 4-3 with a 170 finish and a 15-darter, but then missed 11 doubles in the eighth leg. Kuivenhoven punished these misses by throwing out 58 to make it 5-3. Kuivenhoven then took the win with a 14-darter. In the last eight Kuivenhoven will take on Benjamin Drue Reus, who was 6-4 too strong for William O'Connor.

Elsewhere, Gian van Veen reached the last eight by beating Ian White 6-5 after falling behind 4-2 earlier in the match. Michael van Gerwen defeated James Wade 6-3 for a spot in the quarterfinals. Van Veen and Van Gerwen will face each other in the next round.

Completing the last eight in Wigan, Dave Chisnall faces Stephen Bunting and Damon Heta does battle against Ritchie Edhouse.

Dave Chisnall - | - Stephen Bunting

Damon Heta - | - Ritchie Edhouse

Maik Kuivenhoven - | - Benjamin Reus

Gian van Veen - | - Michael van Gerwen

Dave Chisnall (99.41) 6 | 1 (81.37) Jonny Clayton

Stephen Bunting (98.59) 6 | 5 (96.25) Thibault Tricole

Damon Heta (101.59) 6 | 3 (91.70) Gerwyn Price

Ritchie Edhouse (101.86) 6 | 3 (94.69) Christian Kist

Maik Kuivenhoven (90.68) 6 | 3 (89.85) Luke Littler

Benjamin Reus (89.33) 6 | 4 (85.25) William O'Connor

Gian van Veen (91.10) 6 | 5 (94.22) Ian White

Michael van Gerwen (94.91) 6 | 3 (89.98) James Wade

Dave Chisnall (92.98) 6 | 3 (86.64) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Jonny Clayton (95.21) 6 | 4 (93.47) Daryl Gurney

Thibault Tricole (100.01) 6 | 3 (102.54) Danny Noppert

Stephen Bunting (100.65) 6 | 1 (90.91) Haupai Puha

Damon Heta (100.33) 6 | 5 (105.15) James Hurrell

Gerwyn Price (99.47) 6 | 5 (99.80) Wessel Nijman

Christian Kist (83.41) 6 | 2 (84.30) Madars Razma

Ritchie Edhouse (92.02) 6 | 0 (71.06) Mensur Suljovic

Luke Littler (104.55) 6 | 2 (99.14) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Maik Kuivenhoven (89.47) 6 | 5 (84.20) Jim Williams

Benjamin Reus (87.93) 6 | 4 (88.63) Adam Warner

William O'Connor (94.35) 6 | 4 (87.39) Mike De Decker

Ian White (101.97) 6 | 1 (94.24) Gabriel Clemens

Gian van Veen (86.77) 6 | 3 (87.69) Michael Smith

James Wade (101.24) 6 | 2 (88.73) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Michael van Gerwen (99.64) 6 | 3 (94.89) Karel Sedlacek

Dave Chisnall (90.37) 6 | 5 (85.84) Lee Evans

Jeffrey De Zwaan (90.42) 6 | 5 (95.91) Kim Huybrechts

Jonny Clayton (95.37) 6 | 5 (93.13) Keane Barry

Daryl Gurney (107.69) 6 | 1 (91.14) George Killington

Danny Noppert (101.56) 6 | 1 (82.87) Michele Turetta

Thibault Tricole (99.36) 6 | 4 (91.90) Joe Cullen

Stephen Bunting (99.38) 6 | 2 (94.32) Darren Beveridge

Haupai Puha (93.35) 6 | 3 (90.82) Luke Woodhouse

Damon Heta (104.06) 6 | 3 (92.40) Keegan Brown

James Hurrell (94.63) 6 | 3 (95.79) Jermaine Wattimena

Gerwyn Price (86.23) 6 | 3 (83.98) Jitse Van der Wal

Wessel Nijman (102.48) 6 | 0 (81.64) Jurjen van der Velde

Christian Kist (86.35) 6 | 4 (89.26) Adam Hunt

Madars Razma (102.72) 6 | 2 (98.81) Andrew Gilding

Mensur Suljovic (88.09) 6 | 3 (81.16) Josh Payne

Ritchie Edhouse (93.82) 6 | 3 (91.72) Jelle Klaasen

Luke Littler (98.85) 6 | 4 (100.72) Nick Kenny

Dirk van Duijvenbode (101.79) 6 | 2 (85.50) Martin Lukeman

Jim Williams (98.44) 6 | 3 (91.71) Mickey Mansell

Maik Kuivenhoven (91.65) 6 | 4 (84.94) Berry van Peer

Benjamin Reus (91.46) 6 | 5 (94.19) Ryan Searle

Adam Warner (90.19) 6 | 2 (83.98) Andy Baetens

William O'Connor (95.34) 6 | 4 (90.64) Andy Boulton

Mike De Decker (100.22) 6 | 5 (101.47) Graham Hall

Ian White (101.71) 6 | 5 (100.19) Ross Smith

Gabriel Clemens (102.41) 6 | 5 (89.54) Rhys Griffin

Gian van Veen (97.72) 6 | 4 (93.73) Connor Scutt

Michael Smith (87.08) 6 | 4 (100.06) Florian Hempel

Mario Vandenbogaerde (95.83) 6 | 4 (95.38) Jeffrey Sparidaans

James Wade (91.24) 6 | 5 (90.33) Scott Williams

Michael van Gerwen (99.96) 6 | 2 (97.99) Ryan Meikle

Karel Sedlacek (100.20) 6 | 3 (95.14) Cameron Menzies

Dave Chisnall (97.63) 6 | 1 (93.48) Jose De Sousa

Lee Evans (95.44) 6 | 3 (88.28) Niels Zonneveld

Jeffrey De Zwaan (85.78) 6 | 3 (87.94) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Kim Huybrechts (98.12) 6 | 4 (90.27) Vincent van der Voort

Jonny Clayton (97.86) 6 | 2 (91.60) Robert Grundy

Keane Barry (97.63) 6 | 3 (89.86) Owen Roelofs

Daryl Gurney (99.10) 6 | 4 (92.85) Wesley Plaisier

George Killington (93.34) 6 | 4 (84.68) Graham Usher

Danny Noppert (91.44) 6 | 3 (76.48) Danny van Trijp

Michele Turetta (87.13) 6 | 5 (85.85) Robert Owen

Joe Cullen (91.08) 6 | 5 (90.23) Nathan Rafferty

Thibault Tricole () 6 | 4 () Rowby-John Rodriguez

Stephen Bunting (98.24) 6 | 5 (79.55) Callum Goffin

Darren Beveridge (95.21) 6 | 1 (87.45) Justin Hood

Luke Woodhouse (87.38) 6 | 4 (89.43) Richard Veenstra

Haupai Puha (90.92) 6 | 5 (92.19) Krzysztof Ratajski

Damon Heta (101.22) 6 | 2 (97.87) Kevin Doets

Keegan Brown (89.68) 6 | 2 (90.05) Geert Nentjes

Jermaine Wattimena (92.11) 6 | 2 (84.53) Jacques Labre

James Hurrell (94.23) 6 | 4 (84.88) William Borland

Gerwyn Price (101.91) 6 | 3 (98.92) Mervyn King

Jitse Van der Wal (83.54) 6 | 3 (88.46) Dragutin Horvat

Wessel Nijman (108.74) 6 | 4 (112.71) Raymond van Barneveld

Jurjen van der Velde (81.71) 6 | 5 (86.87) Christian Perez

Christian Kist (86.56) 6 | 5 (90.15) Luke Humphries

Adam Hunt (85.39) 6 | 4 (81.42) Adam Gawlas

Andrew Gilding (99.07) 6 | 3 (85.93) Joshua Richardson

Madars Razma (92.57) 6 | 5 (95.68) Ricky Evans

Josh Payne (98.12) 6 | 1 (86.91) Ricardo Pietreczko

Mensur Suljovic (91.19) 6 | 1 (86.80) Patrick Geeraets

Ritchie Edhouse (86.74) 6 | 2 (86.10) Owen Bates

Jelle Klaasen (99.25) 6 | 3 (94.01) Darryl Pilgrim

Luke Littler (91.23) 6 | 1 (83.11) Jamie Hughes

Nick Kenny (89.19) 6 | 2 (86.45) Martijn Dragt

Dirk van Duijvenbode (93.13) 6 | 3 (88.59) Alan Soutar

Martin Lukeman (92.42) 6 | 4 (98.92) Steve Lennon

Jim Williams (100.52) 6 | 3 (92.54) Rob Cross

Mickey Mansell (99.02) 6 | 4 (91.03) Stephen Burton

Berry van Peer (89.97) 6 | 1 (82.32) Ryan Joyce

Maik Kuivenhoven (86.91) 6 | 5 (87.02) Robbie Knops

Ryan Searle (91.44) 6 | 2 (89.56) Nathan Aspinall

Benjamin Reus (97.31) 6 | 5 (93.09) Chris Landman

Adam Warner (95.19) 6 | 4 (95.32) Brendan Dolan

Andy Baetens (94.06) 6 | 3 (91.35) Matt Campbell

Andy Boulton (91.24) 6 | 3 (89.50) Martin Schindler

William O'Connor (103.17) 6 | 2 (93.32) Callan Rydz

Mike De Decker (98.93) 6 | 3 (96.43) Dom Taylor

Graham Hall (93.09) 6 | 3 (94.65) Dylan Slevin

Ross Smith (89.85) 6 | 3 (91.51) Brett Claydon

Ian White (88.15) 6 | 3 (84.15) Tim Wolters

Gabriel Clemens (95.16) 6 | 2 (92.73) John Henderson

Rhys Griffin (87.97) 6 | 2 (82.71) Arron Monk

Gian van Veen (95.88) 6 | 4 (93.73) Simon Whitlock

Connor Scutt (93.41) 6 | 3 (87.96) Boris Krcmar

Michael Smith (100.60) 6 | 4 (90.15) Jimmy van Schie

Florian Hempel (98.55) 6 | 1 (84.80) Jeffrey De Graaf

Mario Vandenbogaerde (88.46) 6 | 3 (90.08) Chris Dobey

Jeffrey Sparidaans (89.86) 6 | 4 (91.88) Steve Beaton

James Wade (99.46) 6 | 3 (88.83) Daniel Klose

Scott Williams (88.15) 6 | 2 (90.20) Lukas Wenig

Michael van Gerwen (91.95) 6 | 4 (87.51) Lee Cocks

Ryan Meikle (88.99) 6 | 5 (89.98) Danny Lauby

Cameron Menzies (87.77) 6 | 5 (81.34) Radek Szaganski

Karel Sedlacek (101.74) 6 | 4 (98.73) Matthew Dennant